Release Notes
Release Number: 2019.01.01 (Year.Quarter.Month)
Development Period: 3rd January 2019 to 28th January 2019
Release Closed: 28th January 2019
NOTE: The numeric ID that is used to identify each item is of no significance to the client and is for the use of HRplus Software personnel only.
12833979 HR Events
Ø Talent Management>>HR Events
The screen was modified so that (1) users now receive notifications when an event is created - . the message will indicate if there are competencies with no weights; (2) employees can see their own reviews and Managers can see their own reviews as well as the reviews of their employees; and (3) there are no spelling and formatting errors.
12402553 Multi-Company
Ø Recruitment>>Recruitment>>Recruitment Setup>>Recruitment Staff
Ø Recruitment>>Recruitment>>Staff Requests>>Assign HR Staff
The Multi-Company option was included in the above screens.
13038931 User Roles
Ø Recruitment>>Recruitment>>Recruitment Setup>>User Roles
The User Roles option was removed as it is no longer being used in the module.
13097814 Onboarding Staff Template
Ø Recruitment>>Recruitment>>Letter Templates
The IT Staff Template was renamed to Onboarding Staff Template.
13097815 Fill Position
Ø Recruitment>>Staff Requests>>Approved Requests [expand record]>>Selected Applicants [expand record]>>Fill Position
The screen was modified so that (1) the number of competencies displayed is correct, and (2) a photo of the applicant was added.
13097819 Multi-Company
Ø Recruitment>>Staff Requests>>Approved Requests [expand record]>>Selected Applicants
The screen was modified to allow applicants to be linked to vacancies in other companies.
13098196 Internal Applicant
Ø Recruitment>>Applicants>>Internal Applicants>>Templates
The download applicant template was fixed and is working correctly.
13106984 Staff Requests
Ø Recruitment>>Staff Requests
Managers can now make staff requests for multiple companies.
13107080 Interviews
Ø Recruitment>>Interviews
The screen was modified to restrict the insertion of new interview records where the status of these records is Rejected or Complete.
13113226
The interview progress of applicants can now be seen.
13188941 Applicant Resumes
Ø Recruitment>>Applicants>>Internal Applicants
The screen was modified so that resumes can be downloaded in different formats - .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .pdf, .jpeg.
13116882 Interview Criteria
Ø Recruitment>>Interviews>>Interview Criteria
The screen was modified to include a Competencies button from which competencies can be retrieved from the Personnel module. These competencies can then be selected to make up the interview criteria.
13162978 Employee Self-Service Vacancies
Ø Home>>Recruitment>>Vacancies
A new option was created to allow employees to view vacancies (Job Description and Primary Responsibilities) and apply for the job via the Apply button. Employees can apply for vacancies in multiple companies based on their permissions.
13241334 Recruitment Staff
Ø Recruitment>>Recruitment Setup>>Recruitment Staff
The grid was modified so that a list showing the companies for which the selected employee is responsible is displayed on the right of the screen.
13256888 Manager Self Service
Ø Self Service>>Manager>>Recruitment
Managers are now allowed to edit their staff requests before the requests have been Approved/Completed or Rejected.
13268478 Staff Requests
Ø Recruitment>>Staff Requests
Once
a staff request is approved or rejected, the system will display the record
under Approved
Requests or Unapproved
Requests and a notification
will be sent to the manager.
13290449 Fill Position
Ø Recruitment>>Staff Requests>>Approved Requests [expand record]>>Selected Applicants [expand record]>>Fill Position
When a position is filled, the system sends a notification to the persons responsible.
13291116 Salary Grade/Points
Ø Recruitment>>Staff Requests>>Grant Approval
The screen was modified to include Salary Grades, Points and Ranges.
13333226 Panel Members
Ø Recruitment>>Interviews>>Panel Members
A checkbox to allow panel members to edit the Interview Criteria was added. Any edits to the Interview Criteria will not affect the original entries in the Interview Criteria screen.
13375650 Applicant Interview Report
Ø Recruitment>>Interviews>>Applicant Interview Report
This new option allows you to view the applicant interview report including scores and comments at any point in time. The report is also available to all interviewers on logon
11387804 Multi-Currency Pay Slip
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Pay Slips>>Multi-Currency Pay Slip
The following modifications were made: (1) the employer deductions (firm contributions), even when deductions do not have employee amounts, are now correctly being displayed in the Remunerations section, (2) the background colour of the entire Deposit Summary header was changed to gray; (3) the correct Payee is now being displayed in the Deposit Summary section of the archived reports; and (4) the foreign amounts are no longer calculated in the report – instead, the foreign amounts generated in the payroll are used on the report.
11387808 Cycle Pay Register
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Register Reports>>Cycle Pay Register Detail Option 2
Cosmetic changes were made to the report format so that the columns are better placed and aligned.
13063858 Finabank Download
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>Finabank Suriname Download
A new bank download was created for Suriname – Finabank Suriname Download.
13116160 Payee/Head Office Cheques – Option 5
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Dot Matrix Reports>>(Dot Matrix) Payee/Head Office Cheques – Option 5
An option to Use New Format was added and when Yes is selected the new cheque format provided by the client is generated.
HV5-128 Multi-Currency Pay Slip
Ø Home>>My Pay Items>>My Pay Slip>>Pay Slips>>(click Print Preview)
The You do not have permission to select from Pay Group error message, that occurred when self-service employees tried to generate a print preview of the multi-currency pay slip, was fixed and is no longer being displayed.
Ø System Configurations>>System Configurations>>Company Parameters>>Pay Slips Options Self Serve
The Multi Currency Pay Slip was added to the above menu and must be linked to a company at Pay Slip Options Self Serve. When linked, the multi-currency pay slip will generate when employees click Print Preview to generate their pay slip.
132013850 Timezone
Ø Home
The timezone table was removed from all client databases as the timezone functionality is being moved to one centralized service.
13038900 Company Administrators
Ø Security>>User Administration>>Edit User Groups
The following modifications were made: (1) permissions for Company Administrators were fixed, and (2) users can no longer belong to both the Company Administrator and Administrator groups.
13094402 Create Employee
Ø Personnel>>Positions
The Create Employee link was modified to enable better performance.
13096360 Pension Statement
Ø Benefits>>Pension Administration>>Reports>>Employee Reports>>Pension Statements
The following cosmetic changes were made: (1) a line under the managing director’s signature was added, and (2) the format and font of the text under the signature was changed.
HV5-135 Leave
Ø Benefits>>Leave
The Leave Taken and Leave Entitlements screens were standardised to enhance performance, ability to delete and screen layout.
11387805 Multi-Currency Salary Transfer Report
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>Salary Transfers Multi-Currency
The following modifications were made: (1) null payees were removed; (2) the currency conversion was corrected ; (3) the inaccurate currency code displaying on headings was corrected; (4) there is now only one table per sheet; (5) the first sheet of the file was removed; (6) the inaccurate date was corrected; (7) the employee badge number was changed to employee name, and (8) records that showed 0 were removed.
11387808 Cycle Pay Register Reports
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Register Reports
The report filters were edited to ensure that the filters to display Current and Employer amounts are correct.
12757281 Payroll Direct Deposit
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>Payroll Direct Deposit
The direct deposit reports were modified so that the User Id and Currency Code fields are now correct.
13182375 Salary Transfers
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>Salary Transfers – flagged as Net Pay
The report was modified so that split net pays are no longer showing on a separate page from other records going to the same bank.
13208283 Option 6 – Standard Pay Slip (Year to Date)
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Pay Slips>>Option 6 – Standard Pay Slip (Year to Date)
The Total Taxable Amount, Gross Pay, and Net Pay values were corrected on the above report.
13217022 GL Download
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>General Ledger Interfacing>>GL Download – Daler Rowney
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>General Ledger Interfacing>>GL Download – Daler Rowney PT Datas
The Subquery and Syntax error messages were fixed and are no longer being displayed.
13244803 Employee Cheques – Option 9
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>Employee Cheques – Option 9
The report was modified so there are no blank pages.
HV5-151 Bank Download
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>Citibank ACH Download
The report was modified to ensure trailing blanks at the end of the records are preserved.
13154930 Virtual Punch
Ø HRplus Time>>Setup>>Devices
A new device type – Application Virtual Punch – was added. This allows a user to ‘punch in’ via the HRplus application.